Program Description
The private health sector is a major source of healthcare in many countries. In Kenya, the sector is fragmented and quality is inconsistent particularly in small and medium-sized healthcare facilities (Health SMEs) where I is difficult to attract investment capital, despite the substantial demand in providing more than half of health services. The Health SMEs are often not able to meet banks’ requirements for annual statements, collateral and business plans. KMET in collaboration with Medical Credit Fund, Pharm Access foundation both from Netherlands supports a quality financing project to bridge between demand for and supply of capital in order to advance quality of healthcare services through provision of affordable loans. The loans are anticipated to stimulate efficiency and quality in the healthcare system. Healthcare facilities benefit from technical assistance on quality improvement. Through Safe Care standards and financial management. Within the strategic period (2016-2020), quality healthcare department anticipates to disburse Kshs.1 Billion in form of loans.
Medical Credit Fund (MCF)
MCF is a partnership between KMET ,the medical credit fund of the Netherlands ,PharmAccess , the ministry of health and local banks with the aim of providing accessible and affordable healthcare financing and technical assistance to private primary healthcare facilities .The overall goal of the program is to provide health financing and technical assistance to primary private healthcare facilities which in turns will stimulate efficiency and quality improvement in the healthcare system.
Changamcha watoto
KMET in partnership with PATH through funding by Conrad N. Foundation is implementing a 2-year project dubbed Changamsha Watoto (Stimulate the Children) aimed at integrating responsive care and stimulation approaches for children 0–3 years in the private health sector in Siaya County. The project is implemented in 5/6 sub counties in Siaya namely; Ugenya, Ugunja, Gem, Alego Usonga and Rarieda and in 11 private health facilities under the Huduma poa Health social franchise. The project is designed to improve the quality of caregiver-child interactions in order to ensure responsive stimulation, and enhanced parenting skills that promote the optimal development of young children. The ECD content is integrated into multiple touch points such as; community health
Afya Uzazi
The goal is to Strengthened delivery of targeted FP/RMNCAH Services at Community level in Baringo and Nakuru Counties.
